Piracy Today is an information center to put piracy (a form of terrorism) into the eye of the twentieth century man. We assure you pirates are alive and well in today’s world. Pirate raids happen every 4 hours. These go unreported in public newscasts simply because the owners don't know how to counter the multi-billion dollar threat. They have come to the conclusion that escorts are too expensive and firearms fired by crew members could result in internal explosions on most oil carrying vessels. Another problem is that the coast where these attacks occur (off South America, Africa and Asia) don’t have navies to keep pirates in check (technically owners can’t deploy their country's navies in international waters). The goal of this website is to show you what nobody else will. Hopefully some of you have ideas on how to stop this madness. This has been moved to here to conserve...

Attacks by pirates in the east African portion of the Atlantic Ocean have escalated. The aim of the Nigerian pirates as opposed to Somali and south Asian pirates is the seizure of the vessel. The pirates seem to be interested in nothing but the capturing of the ship and kidnapping of the crew with the intent to either kill them or trade them for cash. The European consul of naval safety predicts that unless escorts are sent, the problem will only increase. Please note: these attacks go unreported by the press.